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Women who are implicated in or convicted of the commission of a crime.

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  • Spotlight on NRCJIW Technical Assistance: An Overview of the Maricopa County, Arizona MOSAIC Program (2017)

    In an effort to provide more evidence-based and supportive programming for women in the local jail and those transitioning to the community, Marico

  • Tracking women’s state prison growth (2018)

    This report sheds more light on women in the era of mass incarceration by tracking prison population trends since 1978 for all 50 states.

  • Safety at a Girls Secure Juvenile Justice Facility (2015)

    Serious juvenile delinquency is a significant and costly problem in the society.

  • Photo Essay: Life Inside a Juvenile Detention Center for Girls (2015)

    For the past eight years, photographer Richard Ross has been documenting juvenile detention centers across the country.

  • Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood (2017)

    This groundbreaking study provides data for the first time revealing that adults surveyed view Black girls as less innocent and more adult-like tha

  • Stopping School Pushout for: Girls Involved in the Juvenile Justice System (2017)

    This report highlights the data on girls in the juvenile justice system and the trauma that often leads them there, examines the effect the juvenil

  • Bringing Sex-Responsive Principles into Practice Evidence from the Evaluation of the PACE Center for Girls (2017)

    This brief describes the principles of sex-responsive programs, summarizes the literature, and presents highlights of MDRC’s implementation study o

  • Helping Girls Get Back on Track: An Implementation Study of the PACE Center for Girls (2017)

    This report describes the implementation of PACE at the 14 centers that are participating in the evaluation.

  • Mi Hermana's Keeper Toolkit: Promising Practices for Juvenile Justice Prevention Programs Supporting Latina Youth (2017)

    The toolkit provides effective culturally responsive practices for prevention programs supporting Latina youth who are at risk of placement in juve

  • Detention Alternative Programs Struggle to Help Girls Stay Safe without Incarceration (2018)

    Miller, Elizabeth

    New Mexico In Depth 2-26-2018

  • An Unsupported Population: The Treatment of Women in Texas’ Criminal Justice System (2018)

    In March, The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition released a report, A Growing Population: The Surge of Women into Texas’ Criminal Justice System, whi

  • Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced and Underprotected (2015)

    For girls, as with boys, the failure to receive a high school diploma often places individuals on a pathway to low-wage work, unemployment, and inc

  • Fact Sheet: Incarcerated Women and Girls (2016)

    This fact sheet is a great reference if you are looking for a concise resource showing the increase in the number of women and girls being incarcer

  • The Sources of Violent and Nonviolent Offending among Women in Prison (2019)

    This study involved an assessment of the relevance of women’s background characteristics for predicting their offending in prison.